Non-refillabie bottle



O. W. GARIS. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 28,1897.

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NITED STATES CORNELIUS WVEYGANDT GARIS, OF EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,205, dated December28, 1897.

Application filed March 1, 1897.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS WEYGANDT GARIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Eastou, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to a non-refillable bottle; and the object is toprovide a device of this character which cannot be refilled and sold asan original package without detection; furthermore, to provide thebottle with a glass-cutter by means of which a portion of the neck maybe removed for the purpose of gaining access to the contents, and,finally, to provide a non-refillable bottle which shall be simple ofconstruction and comparatively inexpensive of production.

With these objects in view the invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a bottleembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewthrough the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of thelocking-bolt and its actuating-spring. Fig. 4 is a perspective View ofthe glass-cutting device.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a bottle, jar, or other vessel the interiorwall of the neck of which is provided with an annular groove 2, belowwhich is adapted to be driven the upper end of a cork 3.

4 denotes the seal, which is preferably made of metal, porcelain, oranalogous impenetrable material and which is provided in its lower endwith a recess 5, intersected by two transverse holes 6.

7 denotes a pintle which extends across the recess. V

8 denotes the bolts, which are seated in the transverse holes 6 and areprovided with eyes in their inner ends, through which project the armsof a coiled spring 9, the coil 10 of which embraces the pintle.

After the bottle has been filled the cork is 7 Serial No. 625,586. (Nomodel.)

driven into the neck below the annular groove therein, and the seal isthen inserted in the neck until its bolts arrive opposite the groove,when they will spring outward and lock the seal in place againstremoval.

To remove the contents of the bottle, the neck above the seal must beremoved. A common practice now existing is to break the neck on thelines of the groove; but this is found objectionable, for the reasonthat in doing so very often the entire bottle is broken and the contentslost. To overcome this objection, I have provided the glass-cutter,which is connected to the bottle in a novel manner and by means of whicha portion of the neck of the bottle will be severed without theliability of breaking the bottle. This glass-cutter consists of a block11, preferably triangular in shape, having j ournaled in one of itscornersa cutter-Wheel 12, while one side of the block is formed with agroove or grooves 13. A wire or band is encircled about the bottle-neckand lies in the groove or grooves and clamps the block with its cutterinto firm engagement with the bottle-neck.

When it is desired to open the bottle, all that is necessary is to pressthe thumb firmly against the block and force it around the bottle-neck,thus cutting the glass and allowing the upper portion of the neck to beremoved without damaging the remaining portion of the bottle.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

The combination with a bottle or vessel of' CORNELIUS WEYGANDT GARIS.

Witness es:

CHAS. .I. THATOHER, PAUL G. KLINGLER.

